latest news in the week's top stories egypt's new constitution in trying islamic law looks set to pass as most voters seemingly back the draft in a referendum preceded by weeks of fierce protests. stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a. gun lobby logic in senses millions of americans calling for tougher controls as the country pays its final tributes to the infants and teachers killed in last week's shooting massacre. and eye for an eye in moscow moves a step closer to banning americans from adopting russian children their response to

washington slapping sanctions on the russian officials. no government left untouched that's what julian assange promises as wiki leaks set to release a million new secret files in twenty thirty. six am in moscow. thanks very much for joining us here on our t.v. our top story this hour egypt's constitution appears to have passed a historic vote winning the majority of popular support according to an official tallies the referendum on the islamist backdraft has led to deep divisions within the country and sparked a violent protests cairo based journalist bel true has more. the preliminary results are in for egypt's contentious constitutional referendum egypt appears to

voted for the constitution sixty four percent say yes. thirty six percent have said no this comes after mass dissent in the streets across the country with the cost three weeks against this constitution opposition forces say only in-force a presidential dictatorship and was drafted by an islamist dominated assembly of the twenty seven governors that went to vote in the last week only three voted against the constitution. this in the last round is largely due to the fact that in the last seventeen governments they went to vote a large amount of them are rural governorates with large muslim brotherhood supports places their opposition forces for their part to say that the reason it is a yes is because of electoral violations they say they've seen a number of instances a possible vote rigging including missing judges and so on supervised polling stations missing ballot papers stuffed ballot boxes and also campaigning by the

muslim brotherhood groups also ultra conservative salafist groups with in the polling stations telling people to vote yes the biggest news of the day however is the resignation of the vice president mohamed micky this is largely seen to be perhaps because in the draft constitution as it currently stands there is no post for the vice president this comes in the background of deepening violence across the country on friday we saw clashes between rival protest groups limits rallies in egypt second city xandra in support of the constitution there was rock throwing and also burning of cars the police had to intervene with tear gas that comes just one week after similar clashes and xandra and of course three weeks after very bloody scenes here in the capital cairo we saw ten people die when rivals. he says streets and fog outside the presidential palace with a deepening political crisis in one to cite backing down now the constitution is

likely to be put in place we can only expect dissent on the streets and possible violence across the country earlier we spoke with a representative of the egypt's opposition for his reaction to the referendum on that how are you from our daughter party believes that the allegations of vote rigging must be investigated this constitution and this around is is a disgrace to a nation that far hard for its freedom and for its rights it's a document that grips rigs out all the for all the rights that we have learned and try to constitute a dictatorship and it has been taught by a referendum that was a massive massive rigging for the ballot boxes massive rigging for the voice of the people physically see tens and hundreds of schools tens and hundreds of schools where the ballot boxes and the referendum process was taking place at a convenient time when the voices were very all the pool so that the people voting

no the power was cut off the most about the night if movie asked judges and employees and that's cool shuts down the school over. in the front of the voters and the state with the ballot boxes not overseas for hours and hours we are not recognise any results unless we see a proper investigation and a proper digging through these evidence that we've put and we receive a proper answer from the high committee of the election. syrian rebels say government airstrikes killed dozens of people waiting in line at a bakery in the hama province as with many previous accusations that claims by the opposition come during a major international push to resolve the conflict this time it's the visit of the u.n. envoy to damascus meanwhile russia's foreign ministers deny claims moscow has plans to offer refuge to president assad sergey lavrov also said toppling the current regime won't end the bloodshed in the country he spoke exclusively with our team and said there are many forces in syria using tactics and banned under

international law. groups of that position which several which we shall not united on this single come month the whole series of acceptable methods salute the comb through to international humanitarian law. taking close to just. the staging terrorist attacks and that is very disheartening that western clothes in the security council start to refuse. they mean if they ever start in syria saying that yes there is mrs bed but you must they conclude the overall context of what is going on in syria and what people the result that there is that this it's absolutely unacceptable and this logic might lead us if we follow this logic might lead us to

a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the world. and the west would start would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bed terrorist and acceptable terrorists. out from afghanistan into the gulf britain planning a military push in the oil rich region and later this hour we'll look at what's at stake for the u.k. in the gulf and where this new build up might lead. us no way to the site of the trouble in europe as thousands of greeks and spaniards again take to the streets and protest against suffocating austerity cuts. but first it's been a heartbreaking week of farewells in newtown connecticut where all twenty children six adults have been laid to rest this after one of the worst mass shootings in u.s. history the massacre reignited fierce debate on gun laws critics say current legislation

makes it too easy for the public to buy military grade weapons. has more americans taking a hard look at the second amendment. a week after the tragedy at the elementary school in newtown president obama made the same pledge as when he became president four years ago to try and get assault weapons off the streets of the u.s. it's a pledge he has failed to deliver on this is not the first issue the first incident we're going by up here for years. but the administration indicates this time it's different this time they're serious it will take commitment and compromise. and most of all it will take coach shooting is full and it's a great your school and it's an important part of our spirit the debate taking place at the moment suggests a national consensus on the issue is far down the line and the dialogue between those who support and those who oppose such a ban comes down to this with guns come safety if the guns are in the hands of the good guys if you not believe the stupid man on the powerful special interest group

in washington the national rifle association has successfully fought any form of gun control legislation for years and the solution they offer a after death because of gun violence that has plagued the us is more guns. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun or a constitutional lawyer roger pilon things along the same lines then suggest arming teachers to prevent massacres like the one in newtown connecticut you're always going to have people who are going to be doing these kinds of evil deeds what you need to do is protect yourself against the more weapons in schools and you go to a movie theater you have to carry a gun because there will be there maybe someone with a semiautomatic you know wiping out the entire theater. as we have seen

is that what you're suggesting. why do you put it provocatively like that what i'm suggesting people movie theater yes because the police cannot be everywhere there are almost three hundred million privately owned firearms in the us around ten thousand americans die in gun violence every year the gun murder rate in the us is almost twenty times higher than in the next twenty two richest and most populous nations combined. we have three hundred million guns in america but we're sort of population of three hundred million people so it's one gun per person and it's more guns are actually the solution to deterring shootings of any time it would have this problem in the first place the gun adam lanza used to kill twenty young children and six adults of the sandy hook elementary school was an a r fifteen semiautomatic rifle it's a military style rifle that can shoot hundreds of rounds at a rapid speed it belongs to adams mother who he also murdered nancy lanza

a teacher at the same elementary school owned six guns numerous types of assault weapons are readily available for purchase in the u.s. at gun stores at gun shows and online after the newtown tragedy many americans are calling for change again. make it inherently make it worse. because you can't create a previous meaningful attempts to change hit a wall and that wall is the second amendment of the constitution the right of the people to bear arms skeptics say the most the administration can do is require background checks at gun shows but again adam lanza's mother a teacher at an elementary school would have probably passed any of those checks and her military style rifle would have ended up in the hands of her son anyway that constitutional lawyer i spoke to seemed very certain that nothing major is going to change when it comes to gun laws in america does that mean more massacres

like the tragedy newtown in washington i'm going to. what you think could be done to reduce the number of gun fatalities in the u.s. here's how the tally stacks up so far thirty six percent think the media should be restrained from overhyping the massacres slightly fewer say nothing can be done while the second amendment is in place about a fifth of respondents calling for harsh new gun laws and restrictions ten percent propose increasing security in public places have your say at archie dot com. wiki leaks chief julian assange says about a million secret files are to be released over the next year he claims the information will leave a single country in the world untouched songe made the pledge during a christmas address to supporters gathered outside the ecuadorian embassy in london the speech marked six months since the whistleblower entered the mission seeking political asylum to avoid extradition it's been there ever since facing immediate arrest if he steps out of sight christine raf and sin from wiki leaks insist truly

innocent his predicament won't stop the site from its drive for truth and transparency. well we know about the ongoing. investigation and the secret grand jury you know sundry in virginia there is. an ongoing tends to find an angle to bring charges against julian and possibly all those working for weeklies is a very serious matter of course very shameful for the obama administration not to stop that for the man who was right even taken four years ago to increase transparency and what we have seen is totally the opposite. against whistleblowers. that it has. the recent history it will continue it work as we have done despite the difficult situation that you as been in the ecuadorian embassy you know for six months but problems with the house arrest that hasn't stopped us we have continued to work. the economic blockade has not stopped us either even though

we are getting into a dire situation financially but the battle that we have decided. all out war until we have agreed to that as well in the new year. in a series of test for tat moves between moscow and washington this week restrictions to stop americans adopting russian children are approved by russia's lower house of parliament the move is intended to put the white house under public pressure to reconsider its sanctions on some russian lawmakers the band that split russian public opinion as part of a wider legislation meant to target those who abuse the rights of russians abroad it was sparked by washington imposing travel and financial restrictions on russian officials suspected of involvement in the death of lawyer sergey magnitsky he died in custody during a massive tax fraud investigation three years ago russian president vladimir putin though has said the u.s. should look to its own record before criticizing the human rights record about a few weeks ago our us partners and their lawmakers say they are concerned about

human rights in our prisons and that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have. themselves abu ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's inconceivable to the prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages they've legalized torture inside their own country if something like that happened here it would cause an international outcry if you put it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. and when you meet me while president putin has

arrived in new delhi india on an official visit the russian leader will meet with the country's prime minister and other officials to discuss cooperation between the two states talks expected to focus primarily on boosting economic trade military and energy ties several agreements are expected to come out of the trip including large contracts for the sale of military technology this is putin's first visit to south asia since his return to the kremlin in may. last week europe saw yet another wave of protests in two of the country's worst affected by the continent's debt crisis a new austerity drive by the spanish government drove thousands into the streets of madrid in protest demonstrators labeled it a budget of hunger and misery and held a mock funeral march for the country's finances meanwhile on wednesday a twenty four hour general strike in the greek capital left public services and transport paralyzed this as four of the country's biggest banks declared they would need a twenty seven billion euro bailout to stay afloat crisis strategist says that despite

all efforts european nations still haven't solved their basic problems. right. at the international community be i am asked the e.c.b. m.d.c. have wars austerity which makes investors happy but of course makes the people angry while the investor community is relatively happy because you know there is more greater safeguards that their money is going to be returned to them last so i think that you going to continue to see this is where yields go up and people are happier but the investor community is less and then you can have a swerves to the right where you have more austerity making people more angry and or riots and more protests and more stripes and yet investors feeling more secure. in the bonds that they buy and greets you have to keep in mind this crisis is far from over the europeans have yet to solve the basic problem that the european.

peripheral countries are insolvent ace simply do not have the money to pay back all the money that they have borrowed and because of that which is incontrovertibly we are going to come to a day of reckoning some point the issue becomes when the going to happen and how far will the european bureaucrats the will be kicked the can down the road we're on two years ago in december the arab spring started in tunisia but if you could have predicted where with leading fluting those who headed the uprising are teetering a gluco reports now on those the revolution may have left behind. it began here in tunisia two years ago when a poverty stricken front vendor set himself on fire in an act of desperation some say he was a hero others say he was a drunkard with a history of psychological problems whatever mohamed was this is real motivation was his act of self-immolation set up a string of events which became known as the arab spring decades old regimes were toppled what came to replace them is hardly what most of the people in these

countries had in mind when they were doing the revolutions they wanted freedom of speech and free elections bread on their tables and jobs what they got seems to be a very different result situationist war strife comparison. and comparison to the years before. the revolution personally i don't feel safe. when we see. all the violence of the police. or of the salafist. if unpoliced are backed by some nationalist people. there are less freedoms right now when it comes to and they were freedoms there are attacks on individual freedoms every day i received so many messages from girls saying but they were. straight even by police men.

who didn't tolerate their or their way off but there are saying this seems to be a common pattern in the countries that i shared the so-called arab spring just two years ago hopes of transition from authoritarian regimes to new democratic forms of government seem to have altered rising islamism economies in shambles and increasing discontent the pattern is the same in tunisia and egypt where people are pouring out on the streets again with a renewed. sest i think a lot of people did vote for the muslim brotherhood in egypt because they wanted economic changes not just getting rid of mubarak or having morsi and morsi he's obviously you know very different political figure to mubarak in terms of his ideology has carried on much the same policies in terms of economic policy in libya the uprising took a bloody turn moammar gadhafi who ruled the country for over forty years was

deposed and killed in two thousand and eleven and he nearly being government has been struggling to control parts of the country going as far as besieging the entire town of bani walid for allegedly providing shelter to diehard khadafi supporters the are using heavy machinery to demolish these demolished houses can be using now. guys again it's just a feeling people children and now and then got really sick reaming we would that humanity of the wanted to please help us save our family. i got this time to make libya now the quantum a place where no one can stop them and they have unlimited money and we're going to the western leaders were quick to praise changes across the middle east they said it was the beginning of a new democratic era for the region but the model of democracy they may have had in mind doesn't seem to be the right fit i think it has to be a different type of

a democratic system the democracy that the u.s. would like to impose upon egypt tunisia and morocco and the other countries throughout the region and even libya where what was waged last year to topple the gadhafi government is not suitable to the people inside of that region in tunisia in an r.t. . as oppose out of afghanistan britain looking to deploy more troops to the persian gulf as part of a major weapons deal with the united arab emirates this according to prime minister david cameron who says he wants a defense partnership with a middle eastern monarchy the u.k. has also signed a four billion dollar contract with oman to supply with aircraft geopolitical analyst patrick henning's and though he believes that it's real london is really looking to put pressure on a country on the other side of the gulf the justification for this massive buildup in the middle east specially in the gulf states area the west is basically blaming

iran saying that because iran is pursuing nuclear ambitions though there's no proof of any weapons programs as such they're blaming iran for a possible nuclear arms race in the region that's a quote from david cameron only days ago so the in circle men of iran it's certainly a geopolitical still number one priority and i think they've achieved that militarily but you know the question is. is this going to be a real military standoff or we looking at a cold war situation where we just posturing militarily geopolitically looking for some bigger conflicts down the road perhaps in a few years turn out of some other stories making headlines across the globe first to india where anti-rape rallies have seen thousands clashed with police in the capital new delhi marchers demanding the death sentence for six men who allegedly raped a twenty three year old woman on a bus protesters defied a government ban on demonstrations after violence at

a similar rally saturday fleeces tear gas and water cannons when crowds tried to breach the barricades in the city center people remain on the streets despite the home minister promising to consider the death penalty for all six suspects. a red alert has been issued in chile for the couple who have all kaino that's become increasingly active the regional emergency office registered seismic activity and a cloud of ash at least one and a half kilometers high this more than a year after another volcanic eruption in chile forced thousands to flee their homes. with the clock ticking down to christmas festive shoppers are racing through decorated streets to pick up some last minute gifts for loved ones but the season of goodwill isn't extending to some of those beneath the bright lights and tensile whose only holiday wish is for a hot meal and a place to sleep archie's marine important. imagine a country with no homeless people i know it's not the most. question to ask during

the holiday season but see here in the u.s. nearly six hundred and thirty four thousand people went homeless last year and as it turns out just a sliver of the money american spends on blinking lights bright stars and shiny presents could actually and the nation's epidemic. is she. is the way. there is only what is a waste. decoration you kidding me. imagine how much they can do for a lawyer with low income housing with that kind of money that's what people need housing is all for show us and a lot a lot of very desperate people on the streets in new york texas wherever i mean it's it really is a sad situation and i think we can all do better you know maybe sometimes people go a little overboard you know we want to we all be in the christmas spirit but i

guess there's other things that you could be doing with your money six billion dollars spent just on lights and all and all that because people want to get into the spirit right and they want to forget about all the ugliness in the world and that's not right they need to remember the homeless says well we came here for this and we're all wrapped up in it but when you point that out it's a shame you know top white house officials say that the government would need an annual budget of twenty billion dollars to effectively eliminate homelessness by twenty twenty atop the will of the obama administration however even though that money sounds like a lot we should put it into perspective according to the national retail federation american spends more than six billion dollars on christmas decorations last year and holiday sales reached a reported four hundred and seventy billion dollars so in this season of giving as americans are spending in the cloud of holiday spirit they could essentially be

curing a huge social problem that continues to plague the nation reporting from new york marina for not artsy. doomsday or payday next we take a look at those making money off the apocalypse stay with us. choose your language. kill it we kill it oh if you're going to kill when i say still some of us. choose this is the consensus get a. chance to opinions that invigorated your mind. choose the stories get into a good life choose be excess to go off to. lose

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